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Information Literacy and Environmental Sustainability Correlation in Using and Communicating Information

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Information Literacy: Moving Toward Sustainability (ECIL 2015)

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Abstract

Information literacy is the discipline that shapes the informational behavior of young students, Master and PhD students. The skills acquired by attending this course can decisively influence thinking and may generate critical thinking for analyzing information. Extending the module designed for achieving Information Literacy standards, we present a module on green practices, green libraries and the implications of using electronic resources on carbon emissions and consumption of electricity. Our premise was that these concepts may help develop sustainable thinking, in addition to critical thinking. In this paper we will focus mainly on the green information literacy aspect, through a study from Transilvania University of Brasov.

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  1. Transilvania University of Brașov, Brașov, Romania

    Angela Repanovici

  2. University of Bergen Library, Bergen, Norway

    Ane Landoy

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  1. Dept. of Information Management, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara, Türkiye

    Serap Kurbanoglu

  2. DICEN IDF EA 7369, Université Paris Descartes DICEN IDF EA 7369, Paris, France

    Joumana Boustany

  3. University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Sonja Špiranec

  4. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Esther Grassian

  5. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Diane Mizrachi

  6. School of Information, The University of Texas School of Information, Austin, TX, USA

    Loriene Roy

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Repanovici, A., Landoy, A. (2015). Information Literacy and Environmental Sustainability Correlation in Using and Communicating Information. In: Kurbanoglu, S., Boustany, J., Špiranec, S., Grassian, E., Mizrachi, D., Roy, L. (eds) Information Literacy: Moving Toward Sustainability. ECIL 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 552. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28197-1_4

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